The parabola by the rectangle method

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1. What a locus is
2. Constructing the basic loci
3. The ellipse and its two foci
4. The ellipse by concentric circles
5. The ellipse by the trammel method
6. What a cycloid is
7. Constructing a cycloid
8. Epicycloid and hypocycloid
9. The involute of a circle
10. The involute of a polygon
11. The parabola by the rectangle method
12. The parabola from focus and directrix
13. The rectangular hyperbola
14. The locus of a point on a two-link mechanism
15. The locus of a point on a three-link mechanism
16. Loci at work in power mechanics